The Member Business Listing is a valuable resource if you don’t have a website of your own. If you are looking for a business in downtown Davis that does not have a website, the Davis Downtown business listing is typically listed first on Google search engine results pages. Very valuable to the small business owner.

Setting up your Davis Downtown business listing is easy. Visit our Member Tutorials page for instructions on how to setup your account and claim your business listing.

Want to know what is happening in the downtown? Subscribe to the Davis Downtown mailing list to receive important announcements and updates regarding promotional events and happenings in downtown Davis.

The marketing information we share with downtown business owners can be a valuable tool for your business when combined with your own sales and marketing efforts. Knowing when sponsored events and promotions are scheduled in downtown Davis allows you to take advantage of increased foot traffic, enhance existing promotions, and attract new customers to your business.

Need a boost in business? Start attracting more customers to your business with the Davis Downtown gift card program. Each year we issue over $80,000 in gift cards which are used exclusively in downtown Davis. As a downtown business, you are eligible to participate in the program and share in our gift card promotional activities and program benefits.

Set-up only takes a few minutes. If you are a downtown business and you accept Master Card, it takes is about 5 minutes to set up the gift card program. Davis Downtown staff will stop by at a time convenient for your and run a test transaction on your merchant system while you fill out a short form. Within 24 hours you can begin accepting the hundreds of Davis Downtown gift cards which are activated each year.

So please contact us and let us help attract more customer to your business. We will setup a time to stop by and complete the simple process.

The Davis Downtown gift card is easy to use and integrates with all credit card systems. Once you are authorized to accept the Davis Downtown Gift Card, you process the gift card like any other credit card. Just run the transaction like you would normally do. The Davis Downtown Gift Card is a debit card so transaction amounts need to be less less than the available amount on the card.

Here is how the Davis Downtown gift card can benefit your business:

Free Advertising:

By participating in the gift card program your business’s name will be shared on the Davis Downtown website and mobile app as a business that accepts the Davis Downtown Gift Card. When a customer looks to use their gift card, your business will be one of the first they see.

A Larger Customer Base:

Accepting the gift card gives your business direct access to customers who will be spending their gift card funds and money in downtown. Customers who use the gift card to shop in downtown are more likely to continue shopping at downtown businesses even after their gift card has been used.

Convenience:

Accepting the gift card is free

5 minute set up

Works with current merchant card system

All gift card sales are processed into your business’s bank account

Davis Downtown distributes the gift cards and handles the administrative work so that you can focus on managing your business and helping your guests.

The Davis Downtown gift card adds value to the downtown business district.

Gift card holders are more likely to shop with friends when they visit downtown

Card holders are more likely to spend time shopping at other locations in downtown

Gift cards encourage new customers to shop in downtown

Repeat Business:

Customers spend more time getting to know what downtown has to offer. Once they experience what downtown Davis has to offer, they are more likely to return when fulfilling their shopping, service, dining, and entertainment needs.

Community Strength:

Gift card funds are used exclusively in downtown

Customers who shop locally feel more connected to their community

Schedule an appointment to accept the gift card at your business today! Email us at info@davisdowntown.com or call us 530-756-8763.

Tickets: $10 (see link to buy now!) Rock and Soul! This up-and-coming soul group is joining us from Sonoma County with all original music, a classic Americana Soul vibe, and cool hats. Be ready March 24th for this band’s monster sound to rock the house! The Highway Poets combine the finest elements of rock and soul into a captivating blend of original music. With influences from Rolling Stones to Nirvana, Black Keys to Otis Redding, Highway Poets’ live performance is an exciting mashup of new and classic influence. While touring the country in their renovated bus “Gus” they’ve shared stages with artists like Black Crowes, Lucinda Williams, Jackie Green, ALO, Johnny Winter, Tommy Castro, Blue Oyster Cult, Blitzentrapper, California Honeydrops, and Poor Man’s Whiskey as well as winning several Bay Area music awards. With a new full length album released in ’17 these guys are firing on all cylinders, be sure to check them out!

Each month, the Davis Downtown Business Associationhosts a brown-bag lunch discussion with special guest from our community. This lunchtime forum gives downtown business owners and community members to meet people connected to our community and discuss issues that affect the success of Downtown Davis and Davis in general. The DDBA brown-bag event is held the fourth Wednesday of each month from 12:00pm (noon) to 1:00pm at the River City Bank conference room, 239 E Street, Downtown Davis.

We have an exciting event coming to the John Natsoulas Gallery This March. This three day free conference will be held in Davis and will feature today’s cutting edge artists such as Alex Gross, Peri Schwartz and Chester Arnold. Friday, March 30: 1-5pm Chester Arnold: 7pm- 9pm Awards Ceremony